Tesco will stop selling 5p carrier bags at the end of the month

Tesco will stop selling 5p single-use carrier bags at the end of the month - affecting six Tesco Express stores across the city.

The supermarket giant will discontinue the carrier bags from August 28.

This means shoppers needing to buy bags will have to opt for the bag for life, which is double the cost at 10p.

The supermarket has handed out 1.5 billion fewer carrier bags

Tesco has offered the 5p bags since 2015 when government legislation was introduced in England - resulting in the supermarket handing out 1.5 billion fewer carrier bags.

The move to scrap the budget bag comes after a ten-week trial in Aberdeen, Dundee and Norwich which saw the number of bags sold dropping by 25 per cent as shoppers either brought their own or opted for the reusable "bag for life".

According to the Grimsby Telegraph, the more expensive bags are made from 94 per cent recycled plastic and will be replaced for free once they begin to wear out.